FIFA and football could learn about democracy from the Olympics
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During the London Olympics last year much was made about how much football could learn from the Olympics. Sepp Blatter, FIFA's president, speaking at Wembley just before Team GB played Brazil, was asked whether the world's most popular game could learn from the world's greatest sporting event.
"Absolutely," he answered, "At the beginning of the game, [the behaviour] is okay in football. But, at the end, we still have problems to bring the players together. [This is] because the losing team will not come to shake hands because they have lost. This is a pity. In the other games which I have witnessed in these Olympics, at the end of the match they are all coming together."
During the London Olympics last year much was made about how much football could learn from the Olympics. Sepp Blatter, FIFA's president, speaking at Wembley just before Team GB played Brazil, was asked whether the world's most popular game could learn from the world's greatest sporting event.
"Absolutely," he answered, "At the beginning of the game, [the behaviour] is okay in football. But, at the end, we still have problems to bring the players together. [This is] because the losing team will not come to shake hands because they have lost. This is a pity. In the other games which I have witnessed in these Olympics, at the end of the match they are all coming together."
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